Attachment for wheel-presses.



J. S. GORMAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL PRESSES.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 15, 1917.

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ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL PRESSES.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 15, 1911.

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, ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL-PRESSES.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Pet. 29, 1918.

Application filed May 15, 1917. Serial No. 168,748.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. GORMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'Attachmentsfor lVheel-Presses of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for a Wheel press and has forits.primary object to provide an attachment by means of which one mancan be dispensed with during the operation and removal of car wheelsfrom their axles in the present method.

An object of the invention is to so construct the attachment that thebeneficial effects of leverage can be utilized.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the use of a leverhaving a flexible connection with a trolley Wheel Whereby the lever mayhave universal movement for giving the proper movements to the car axle.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detail description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a press showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the different positions ofthe car axle.

Again referring to the drawings the letter A designates a portion of awheel press consisting of a front standard 1, a rear standard 2 andconnecting bar .3. The front standard 1 is provided with'the usualsubstantially circular recess 4 for receiving the car axle as clearlyshown in Fig. 1 wherein the axle is shown moved to a position todisconnect the same from a car wheel shown in dotted lines.

My invention consists of a horizontally arranged track 5, which isarranged to one side of the press as shown in Fig. 2 by means of thesupporting arms 6 bolted to the bar 3.

Movable on the track 5 is a flanged trolley wheel 7 to the axle of whichis secured a nects the chain to the lever may hanger 8. This hanger hasconnected thereto one end of a flexible element such as a chain 9.

The numeral 10 designates a lever having one end formed into an arcuatehook 11 adapted to engage under the bearing portion of the car axle. Thecurvature of the arcuate hook 11 is concentric with the curvature of therecess 4 in the standard 1. Socured to the lever adjacent the hook 11 soas to provide a relatively long handle portion 12 is one end of thechain 9 as clearly shown at 13. The clip 14 that directly conbe mountedIOI' sliding movements upon the lever or rigidly secured theretodepending entirely which is the most practical when the apparatus is inuse and whether the attachment is to be used on a variety of material.

B, designates in a diagrammatic manner the lunger of the press adaptedto engage the end of the axle for forcing it through the car wheel asthe latter is held against movement by its abutting relation with thestandard 1.

It is to be understood that while all the several features of myimproved mechani m have special cooperation with one another andtogether constitute a particularly effective mechanism for the purposein view, certain of these features may be applied in other relations,and I therefore desire to cover the combination present in the severalparts of my improved mechanism whether employed in the generalorganization shown or elsewhere.

It is further to be understood that the structural embodiment of theinvention as a whole and its various features as shown is merelyillustrative and not restrictive since I am well aware that many of thedetails of construction can be widely varied without departing from thespirit of the invention. I therefore do not desire to be limited inthese particulars or in any others except as set forth in the appendedclaim.

What I claim is The combination with a wheel press comprising spacedstandards and a bar connecting the top ends thereof, one standard beingprovided with an axle supporting circular recess; of a pair of supportssecured to said bar and angularly inclined to one side thereof, a trackcarried by the upper ends of said supports and disposed to the side ofand above. said bar, a wheel movable upon said track, an offset bracketsecured to the axle of said wheel and depending below said track, achain connected with the lower end of said bracket, and a leverconnected intermediate its ends with the other end of said chain andhaving one end formed arcuate and concentric to the curvature ofsaid 10recess for engagement with an axle disposed within the recess. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN S. GORMAN.

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